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Title: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: CryptoMe on May 25, 2010, 06:22:26 PM
I am having problems posting on the forum today. Each time I post, the system hangs for a while, then tells me there has been an error, my comment has already been posted, and I must have hit post twice. I don't think I'm double clicking, and certainly not every time.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

BTW, this is just a nuisance, since my posts are getting through. But, it is taking a lot longer than it should and the constant error message is annoying.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: FireTurtle on May 25, 2010, 06:31:40 PM
Happened to me, too.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Listener on May 25, 2010, 06:37:46 PM
Me too. And I can't send PMs because of it. Now Scattercat is missing out on my private witticisms. Won't someone think of the Scattercats?
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Heradel on May 25, 2010, 09:22:07 PM
It's happened to me intermittently, we're looking into it.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Scattercat on May 26, 2010, 01:02:31 AM
It doesn't seem to actually NOT post the things; just make sure you've done a ctrl-a/ctrl-c on your post before you send it on.  (And Listener; the messages went through fine.  It gave me the same bug when I replied, but I have it set to CC my Sent folder, so I was able to confirm the message went through okay.)
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: jrderego on October 26, 2010, 01:31:10 PM
This is happening to me now. As of last week, every post brings back an error message even though the message posts otherwise normally.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Boggled Coriander on October 26, 2010, 02:25:10 PM
Happens every time I post.  I just ignore it since I figured out my posts go through normally anyway.

EDIT: Okay, didn't happen that time.  I dunno.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Heradel on October 26, 2010, 03:30:46 PM
I restarted the server, hopefully that'll take care of the problem, but let me know if it doesn't.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: DKT on October 26, 2010, 03:57:29 PM
Seems to still be happening to me...  :(
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Heradel on October 26, 2010, 04:12:49 PM
Ok, restarted one more time. It's no longer happening to me. If it's still happening to someone, could they please try logging out, deleting the forums cookie, and then logging in and trying to post?
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Bdoomed on October 26, 2010, 04:37:24 PM
Ugh, just happened to me too.  This problem seems to surface and then go away on its own... I wish we could figure out exactly what is up with it.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Scattercat on October 26, 2010, 05:20:28 PM
Ugh, just happened to me too.  This problem seems to surface and then go away on its own... I wish we could figure out exactly what is up with it.

I blame the Illuminati.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Wilson Fowlie on October 26, 2010, 08:54:02 PM
It seems somehow to be related to the email problem.  I've observed that the problem surfaces at the same time the server stops sending email notifications (and, I saw from someone else mentioning it, emailed password reminders!).
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Heradel on October 26, 2010, 10:56:32 PM
Just a reminder for anyone having problems, there is an email address for the forum moderators at eaforumadmins@gmail.com . Email us there and we should be able to solve problems.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Unblinking on October 27, 2010, 02:13:19 PM
Just a reminder for anyone having problems, there is an email address for the forum moderators at eaforumadmins@gmail.com . Email us there and we should be able to solve problems.

Is it helpful to do so?  I'd sort of stopped complaining about it.  It's a tiny bit annoying to get the error messages, and to not get email notifications, but it's not really interfering with my ability to read and post to threads, so I've just been trying to ignore it.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Wilson Fowlie on October 27, 2010, 06:49:44 PM
What Unblinking said.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Heradel on October 27, 2010, 07:00:39 PM
The email is there for things like lost passwords and such, if the normal routes are broken. We're trying to get some stuff done to the forums in a fairly short order that should hopefully fix these issues, or at least mitigate them further.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Max e^{i pi} on November 01, 2010, 06:29:00 PM
Every single time I post I get the double posting thing.

Oddly enough it doesn't happen when sending private messages (I was going to use the acronym, but in the plural form it looks like something else) or when editing an existing post.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Bdoomed on November 02, 2010, 12:21:38 AM
private messages (I was going to use the acronym, but in the plural form it looks like something else)

:D
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Heradel on November 02, 2010, 03:36:25 PM
We've tried some things this morning, please let us know if you're still experiencing this issue.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: DKT on November 02, 2010, 04:00:48 PM
Seems to be working for me :)
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Heradel on November 02, 2010, 06:57:41 PM
I think we've gotten it fixed for regular posting, but not for private messaging. We also finally managed to break through some of the cruft that had built up on the server and managed to update to the latest version of SMF, so that should probably help with other issues.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Max e^{i pi} on November 02, 2010, 07:46:38 PM
I just posted on another thread, and it didn't double-post.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Wilson Fowlie on November 02, 2010, 09:44:45 PM
I just posted on another thread, and it didn't double-post.

Same here.

Still not getting email notifications, though.  I felt sure the two problems were related somehow - up to now, they've always occurred together.    :(
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: kibitzer on November 03, 2010, 02:14:38 AM
I still regularly receive the "posted twice" message.

(in fact, I got it just now, posting this)
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Bdoomed on November 03, 2010, 05:15:38 AM
hmmmm... lame.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Prophet on December 10, 2010, 02:37:44 AM
Hi. New guy on forum, so I apologize if this is the wrong place or if the correction can be found elsewhere. Sounded like the email address was for situations when we couldn't post here.

I am getting the double-post message described above. The system hangs for a moment and tells me I've already posted. The post still shows up in the thread.

In fact, something similar happened when I tried to register on the forums. It told me somebody already had this username. So I tried another name. Then it told me there was a username attached to the email address given. I tried the "Forgot Password" link as the message suggested. No email was sent to me.

I logged in when I noticed "Prophet" was listed as Newest Member. I knew it was not a coincidence, but a glitch.

I am willing to ignore the errors. But I thought you should know, especially since it is affecting registrations.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Devoted135 on December 11, 2010, 05:05:39 AM
Actually, now that Prophet mentions it, I had the exact same error sequence when I registered a couple weeks ago. Gave me quite the heart attack because I thought I would have to figure out a new handle! In case it's relevant, I was using the current version of mozilla firefox at the time.

Edit: Aaand I just got the double posting error as well, for good measure :)
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Prophet on December 12, 2010, 01:14:02 AM
In case it's relevant, I was using the current version of mozilla firefox at the time.

Ditto.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Max e^{i pi} on December 12, 2010, 07:15:36 AM
The double posting was fixed for a while, now it's back. :(
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Planish on December 14, 2010, 04:27:52 PM
Yup. Me too, for each of several posts today.
Quote
An Error Has Occurred!
You already submitted this post! You might have accidently double clicked, or tried to refresh.
Never mind the speeling errer in the error message.  :D

FWIW, I'm using Firefox 3.6.13, for Mac.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Planish on December 14, 2010, 04:29:05 PM
Huh. That previous message was the first one to go through today without giving me the error message. ???
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Prophet on December 15, 2010, 11:21:10 PM
The error seems to come and go for me. Last time I was on the forums, my first post went through fine. The second one gave me the double-post burp.

EDIT: Hooray, I just got it now!
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: Twist on February 10, 2011, 09:25:19 PM
Looks like this issue hasn't been completely squashed yet. It has been doing it to me when I PM or post (not that I have done much of either).

Also when registering I got an error about the CAPTCHA not matching but it appears it went ahead and created my account anyway because after that I got an error about the username and email address and was able to login to the account.
Title: Re: Error while posting - double clicking??
Post by: kibitzer on February 11, 2011, 01:32:53 AM
Yup, it still regularly happens to me. I'm kinda treating it as a "feature". ;-)